Overview
- Liverpool Crown Court sentenced Scott Cameron, 41, to 12 years for ten offences with a further one-year consecutive term for a historic count, plus six years on extended licence.
- Convictions include six counts of sexual activity with a child aged 13–15, sexual communication with a child, two counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, and meeting a child following grooming.
- Prosecutors said he groomed the girl over about two years after obtaining her number from a school open day card, using flattery, coercive messages, threats to share images, and arranging secret meetings.
- The court ordered lifetime sex-offender registration, a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, restraining orders for both victims, and a ban on working with children.
- Merseyside Police and the Crown Prosecution Service condemned him as dangerous and manipulative, with detectives urging victims to seek support and report abuse.